The russians have stolen over 1.7 million pieces of Ukrainian cultural heritage from the occupied territories. They are trading them on the black market, the Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications Mykola Tochytskyi said in an interview with ukrinform.ua.
“One million seven hundred thousand pieces of our cultural heritage were stolen from the occupied territories: from archaeological finds to museum collections, which the russian Federation appropriated for itself, violating all possible norms of international law. And if in ancient times, when the russians stole our name and our history, they took the exhibits to the Hermitage or moscow museums, now they are successfully trading them on the black market,” Tochytskyi emphasized.russia is consistently and purposefully destroying Ukraine’s cultural heritage, he added.
According to him, thanks to cooperation with colleagues from different countries, Ukraine is gradually returning the artifacts. “In particular, repeatedly during foreign visits foreign competent authorities have handed over to us seized artifacts that were stolen in the occupied territories and taken abroad for sale on the black market,” the minister emphasized.He drew attention to the fact that russian officials are involved in the theft of Ukrainian cultural heritage items.
As reported, Journalists discovered 110,000 archaeological finds from Ukraine in just two russian museums.
